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In which Feldspar reflects, adjusts to life back on Timber Hearth, steps up to the plate, and makes peace with everything that is, and was, and will be.
This is a story about family, mending bonds, and learning to live in the moment.
Post-Time Loop, 'Everyone Lives' AU.
A Sequel to 'MECO', 'Refraction', and 'Ratio'.
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- Part 7 of Postcards
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“Gabbro!” the Hatchling cried. Gabbro turned at their name, flute lowered. The Hatchling dashed across the sand and grabbed the astronaut by the shoulders. “I’m stuck in a time loop with Chert. You have to do something.”
“Oh, good luck with that, bud.” They raised their flute.
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You don't know what it is—a detailed hallucination, a trick of the mind, or one last gift from the Eye of the universe in recognition of your years of steadfast dedication to finding the answer. Infinite life condensed into a moment: twenty-two minutes to save the universe. In the end, you led yourself and everyone you loved to their final resting place. A universe contained within the space of an atom, an explosion as bright as a supernova.
And then you woke up.
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Unlimited Possibilities, Unlimited Frequency by robotsnv8s
Fandoms: Outer Wilds (Video Game), Pacific Drive (Video Game)
03 Nov 2025
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The universe has met its natural end.
There is only one more thing left to be done.
The Eye is observed and the ensuing storm brings a new universe into existence.
14.3 billion years later, an anomalous object stirs to life from a long period of dormancy.
And there's only one person close enough to get there before catastrophe.
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Slate frantically ran up the stairs towards the observatory, looking around.
“Mica?” Mica was also just as shaken.
“Slate? What was that?” They asked. Their face was frightened as they stared at them.
“I don’t-”
But they cut themselves off as they heard something… almost like whispering at first. But it was getting louder, and Slate realized it was the sound of whooshing air.
But what was that bright, blue light in the sky?
And why was it getting hotter all of a sudden?
Slate suddenly gasped as a roar washed over them. They frantically looked up, seeing that the sky was too bright. Impossibly so. It lit up the entire night sky so much that they couldn't see the stars anymore.
But then, it was gone.
Slate stared in confusion and terror at the sky for a few seconds, as if they were waiting for the strange light to return, before they tilted their head back down and looked around frantically.
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The hatchling's launch day takes a turn no one could have expected
(Please leave comments for me! This is my first fic, and I would love to hear what you think, so I can do better in the future! Criticism is accepted as long as it's constructive!)
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- Part 3 of Learning to let go
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Tephra is going to win at hide and seek this time, they just found the perfect place to hide.
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To the two of them, it was a thoroughly ordinary day, just helping
{their mentor / his girlfriend}
{check the health / keep track}
of the local
{forest / little league soccer team}.But when a moment of interstellar synchronicity strikes them like a bolt out of the blue, stranding them on a planet that’s
{too big / too small}
with a moon that’s
{too small / too big}
in a body with
{too many / too few}
fingers and
{too few / too many}
eyes, they find themselves desperate to uncover what happened and, more importantly, how to fix it.This is the story of a
{Hearthian / human}
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The hatchling went to say goodbye to everyone in an attempt to let go.
Only for each goodbye to make them hold on instead.
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- Part 2 of Learning to let go
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Nothing ever built on top of the old doesn't bring some of the past with it. Usually however it's not this literal.
The Outer wilds solar system appears in the new universe the hatchling created 14.3 billion years later. More remnants of the loops and the experience in the Eye of the Universe remain than anyone could've possibly anticipated. Now everyone must learn how to go on after the end of it all.
Getting rewritten/redone read chapter 7 for more information.
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- Part 1 of But what if we could see it?
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Tektite had been around long enough to spot the warning signs easily...
This is a story about life, and running out of time...
A side-story to Satellite
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- Part 10 of Postcards
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Gneiss over hears hatchlings arguing about if it is safe to go to space and decides to intervene with story time!
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While the rest of the village prepares for the winter season, Hal seems to be having pronoun trouble, and only their friends can help. Translating the Nomai language is proving to be a challenge, especially for a group of idiots who've never heard of gender. Meanwhile, the hatchlings outside play an ever-growing game, and it seems Chert's been sucked into the black hole of chaos. Can Hal keep cool, keep their stomach, and keep their wits about them as they push forward in the name of linguistics?
Created as a companion to art pieces by @pancakemolybdenum and @desisthegame / @pebblewsa on Tumblr. Written for the Collapsed Stars Reverse Mini Bang event hosted by the community-run Outer Wilds Events discord.
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A bottle of vintage sapwine has gone missing from Porphy’s collection. The village is preparing for their annual Hoarfrost festival, and now there may be no centerpiece for the celebration! With everyone on planet for the occasion, anyone could be the culprit.
Hatchling is the only one who can solve this mystery! Or at least that’s what Porphy’s detective books have led them to believe.
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Their fate had already been sealed, but the universe didn’t stay gone.
The eye gave them a chance at life, but after living a life on borrowed time, two Hearthians now have the impossible task of learning how to live normally again.
And things don’t go well.
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The loops that lead the Hatchling to the end.
(WARNING! PLEASE PLAY OUTER WILDS AND THE DLC BEFORE READING THIS FIC! MASSIVE SPOILERS! OUTER WILDS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE!)
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- Part 1 of Learning to let go
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In which our Traveler desperately tries to fix everything that's falling apart, and is forced to accept the futility of fighting the inevitable.
This is a story about love, growing up, and saying goodbye.
A Time Buddies fic (eventually). The flip-side to Refraction.
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- Part 9 of Postcards
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What Outer Wilds Ventures is Trying to Hide From You! by KC_R
Fandoms: Outer Wilds (Video Game)
28 May 2025
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The area was “unsafe” according to Feldspar, “off-limits” according to Chert, “fragile” according to Riebeck, and “really boring” according to Gabbro. No one they talked to gave a consistent reasoning, and they always seemed eager to shoo them away and go back inside.
Whatever they were trying to hide (and Tephra was certain they were hiding something) must be important.
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Tephra and Galena notice the travelers doing something weird, and are determined to get to the bottom of it.
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Ground control would call down their astronauts for big occasions, and today was Hatchling Day. A day to celebrate all the amazing hatchlings and the potential they had in the future. Riebeck was more than happy to come back home from space and join in the festivities.
Everything was going just fine until the main event of the egg hunt went missing.
Now, where could that huge golden egg gone?
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Trois portraits au fond d'une tombe — autant de promesses que tu ne pourras jamais tenir.
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- Part 3 of Les rêveries de l'Observateur solitaire
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Life goes on and now the village has tadpoles to care for, and today, caring for them includes catching them some live fish to chase!
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- Part 4 of traveller dupe AU